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There It Is! 24x20 Mixed Media on Canvas $600 SOLD
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Linger Awhile 2024 Mixed Media on panel in a plein air frame 14x11 $275 SOLD
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Silent Light 2024 acrylic on panel 16x20 $450
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Prelude 2023 Acrylic on Canvas 48x60 (diptych) Commission.

                                    Zona Verde 2023
                Mixed Media on Canvas 48x48    $1,800 SOLD

    Up to the Villa 2023 Acrylic on cradled panel  16x20 (framed)   $450 SOLD

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Rolling In 2023 Mixed Media on Panel 20x26 $450.JPG
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Lost Coast 2024 Mixed media on paper mounted on panel 14x11 $275 SOLD
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Nightweaving 2024 Mixed Media on cradled board. 36x24 $700 SOLD

                                       Arrivederci  2023
                Mixed media on Canvas 48x48    $1,900 SOLD

                  Umbrian Mist    2023
                Acrylic on Canvas  36x36     $900 SOLD

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Radiance 24 x 18 Mixed Media on Cradled Panel

And There Were Sunsets… I  & II 2023
Acrylic on panel  24x24   $400
Can be purchased separately or  $700 for the pair. SOLD
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Cedar Creek Salmon Run Returns 2023 Acrylic on Panel 21.5x28
Connection to the landscape is elemental. The carbon in a leaf, in our DNA, and in an ancient star share the strains of origin. Light and air, shadow and texture, color and scent—all play a part in shaping us whether we notice or not. This connection drives much of my work.

Each painting recalls a place and a story. A painting might begin with imagery of majesty and wonder, or decay, or both—creating a tension, a paradox to explore. Despite the source, I hope the work offers a sense of restoration to the viewer, just as the process of creating it does for me.

I use any material, usually water soluble, that can be applied to a surface, though my primary medium is acrylic. Being both builder and archaeologist, I layer images that speak to an idea, then deconstruct them through scraping, sanding, and solvents. Hidden layers emerge, while glazes unify and allow light to emit from the painting.

As the daughter of a coal miner, I’ve often focused on the coal fields of central Pennsylvania—abandoned mines, acid drainage, and mountaintop removal. I’ve also turned to melting ice caps, fire-ravaged forests, and storm-battered towns, searching for signs of renewal amid destruction.

Nature’s endurance, even in ruin, may teeter on the edge. But beauty in the landscape remains a constant inspiration, whether found in the scars left by conflict and contamination or by a perennial waterfall, or an ordinary sunset. It all offers the promise of renewal.

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